Camping El Corral de los Juncos

This camping area is exclusively for caravans and motorhomes. It has 81 plots measuring 7 by 7 meters and with all the basic services available to users. It is one of the most popular and highly valued camping areas on the island among users with a caravan. It is located at an altitude of 1,700 meters on a platform of the Central Summit, surrounded by pine forests and with spectacular views of Roque Nublo, Bentayga and the Tejeda Basin, Llanos de Acusa and the Tamadaba Massif.

A perfect place to observe and photograph the sky of Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria is, according to UNESCO, a "Starlight" destination for stargazing. The Starlight Foundation considers the night sky as a universal heritage of great scientific, cultural and environmental value, since half of the living species on the planet need the dark sky for their survival.

El Corral de los Juncos is located in the Nublo Rural Park and in the heart of the Gran Canaria Biosphere Reserve. Its location elevated above the influence of the trade winds and away from large population centers makes the conditions perfect for observing the sky.

The sky has been a reason for worship and study for many cultures throughout the entire planet and, as can be expected, the ancient inhabitants of Gran Canaria also performed their cults and offerings to the stars on these peaks. Looking at the sky on a clear night full of stars leaves no one indifferent and with a little prior information we can discover some constellations, stars or planets in a very simple way.

In addition, here you can develop one of the most fashionable disciplines in recent times in relation to the night sky, such as astrophotography. The possibilities of SLR cameras make this discipline gain more and more followers, since very good results can be achieved in a short time, such as capturing the movement of the celestial vault, portraying night landscapes where static elements are combined with the objects that appear in the sky at that moment, or show the movement of the clouds or the moon in the well-known “timelapses”. The possibilities are enormous and the Corral de Los Juncos offers a perfect setting to carry out this activity that is always a challenge for photography lovers.